Umbrella.



PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

F. SURENSON.

UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1904.

UNTTED STATES Patented February 21, 1905.

PATENT UMBRELLA- SPECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No.783,325, dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed March 30, 1904. Serial No. 200,752.

To all 11/71/0777, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIK SoRENsoN, manufacturer, a subject of theKing of Denmark, residing at Amagertorv 10, Copenhagen, in the Kingdomof Denmark, have invented new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas andSunshades, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an umbrella or sunshade, the essential featureof which is that in the closed-up condition of the umbrella the runneris either wholly or partly received by a chamber formed in or on the endof the bandle or around the stick.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 1Figure 1 shows the handle portion of a closed umbrella, partly invertical section; and Fig. 2, an elevation of the same seen at rightangles to Fig. 1.

a is the stick.

6 represents the stretchers, pivoted to the runner 0 in well-knownmanner, and cl is the handle to which the stick is secured.

a is a spring-catch retaining the runner and the ends of the stretcherswithin the chamber .7. so that the ends of the stretchers are carriedwithin the chamber when the umbrella is in a closed position in 0rd erto protect the ends of the stretchers and to prevent the tearing ofgarments thereby.

In the handle (Z there is formed a chamber or recess f, which in theumbrella shown in the drawings is constituted by boring out the end ofthe handle. This chamber f receives the runner 0 when the umbrella isclosed.

stead of the arrangement shown the chamber can, if desired, be formed bya sleeve or barrel fitted to the handle, so as to form an extensionthereof.

The spring-catch e to admit of its being readily depressed may beprovided with a button or ping, and the runner may be furnished with aknob it or the like thumb-piece for the purpose of enablingit to be theeasier run up and down the stick. In cases where the chamber fis formedby boring out the handle the walls of the chamber may be strengthened bya metal sleeve being slid over the handle end.

By means of the above-described arrangement the umbrella or sunshade inclosed condition presents a'particularly thin and neat appearance, therunner lying snug and compact within its chamber in or at the handleend. Another advantage is that the fabric of the umbrella-cover isprotected from wear through frictional contact with the runner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In an umbrella, the combination with astick furnished with a chamberhaving a Wall provided with a slot and a perforation, of a slottedrunner provided with a lateral thumb-piece constructed to extend throughthe slot in said wall, said runner sliding into said chamber, stretchersconnected to said slotted runner, the ends of said stretchers beingcarried into said chamber, a spring-catch secured to the stick andextending through the slotted runner into the chamber and retaining therunner and ends of the stretchers within the chamber when the umbrellais in aclosed position, and means passing through the perforation in thewall of said chamber for operating said springcatch to release therunner, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 12th day ofMarch, 1904, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERIK SORENSON.

Witnesses:

l/VoLDEM R HAUPT, HENRY HAsPER.

